What’s the difference between Open Source and Datalab’s paid On-Prem options?
Our free open-source options (Chandra, Marker, and Surya) are ideal for research, personal use, and early-stage startups. Our paid on-prem options are for teams that need a commercial license to run our models and have one or multiple of the following requirements:- Require data privacy/operate in highly-regulated environments
- Extremely high volume
- Model training or customization
- White-glove support and SLAs
| Free (Open Source) | Datalab On-Prem | |
|---|---|---|
| Intended Use | Research, personal use, startups < $2M ARR/funding | Commercial workloads requiring data privacy, easy deployments, and white-glove support |
| Models | Open source model weights | Access to newer, more accurate models not available in open source (e.g., latest Chandra versions) |
| License | GPL + custom RAILs | Commercial license to use our models on-prem (Marker/Surya/Chandra) without sublicensing. Custom rights as needed. |
| Deployment | Self-install from OSS repos | Custom deployment topologies and Datalab-assisted rollout options as-needed. For small deployments, we have a Docker image that is simple to use and upgrade. |
| Support | Community only | Premium support with SLAs |
| Contracting | None | Custom agreements and security reviews. For POCs and small deployments we offer no-redline agreements to get started, fast. |
| Billing | Free | Invoice/PO, custom terms. For small deployments we offer credit card checkout. |
| Scale and Performance | Self-effort | Throughput/latency/accuracy tuning; custom page counts; custom rate limits. For small deployments we offer optimized single-GPU support that is simple to deploy and operate. |
Try before you buy
We have two easy ways for customers to try our models: Our container image mimics the cloud-hosted API for a simple transition:Next Steps
Running the Container
Get the on-prem container up and running in minutes.
On-Prem API
API reference for the on-prem container image.
Cloud Quickstart
Try the cloud-hosted API to evaluate before deploying on-prem.
Billing
Understand pricing for on-prem and cloud plans.